Conversation

scene: library meeting room during a program where kids are created animated shorts using computers

kid: Can I ask you a question?

me: Sure.

kid: Don't take this the wrong way but...why does a woman like you have hair like that?

me: ...

kid: ...

me: What do you mean? What's wrong with it?

kid: Well...it's freakish.

me: That's kind of the point, isn't it?

kid: ...[shakes head in silent disgust. continues to look at my hair--not me, just my hair--and shake his head in a disgusted way periodically throughout the program.]